EDC 102H F13 CR Community Description - JessicaK

Basic Demographics

Population Over 18

(as of 2010)	Percent	Number of People	Total Population
Rhode Island	78.2%	826,217	1,052,567
Providence	76.1%	135,708	178,042

Population Who Cannot Speak English Well Or At All

(as of 2010)	Percent	Number of Population	Total Population
Rhode Island	4.8%	48,335	1,052,567
Providence	14.9%	24,759	178,042

Population With Disabilities Age 5+

(as of 2000)	Percent	Number of Population	Total Population
Rhode Island	20.2%	195,886	1,052,567
Providence	23.1%	36,926	178,042

Income/Poverty Level

Median Income Per Year

(as of 2010)	Female	Male	Family	Household	American Indian Household	Asian Household	Black Household	Hispanic Household	Non-Hispanic White Household	Other Household
Rhode Island	$25,607	$37,258	$20,663	$54,902	$31,455	$53,357	$34,699	$33,679	$60,051	$31,155
Providence	$17,232	$25,143	$41,906	$36,925	$30,790	$38,427	$32,386	$29,568	$46,705	$28,507

People Under 200% of Poverty

(as of 2010)	Percent	Number of Population	Total Population
Rhode Island	20.1%	285,366	1,052,567
Providence	52.1%	84,926	178,042

Per Capita Income

(as of 2010)	In dollars
Rhode Island	28,707
Providence	20,735

Public Assistance Households

(as of 2010)	Number of Households
Rhode Island	11,562
Providence	3,868

Ethnicity/Race

Percentage in parentheses next to population number is what percentage of the population is that ethnicity

(as of 2010)	American Indian	% since 2000	Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	% Since 2000	Black	% Since 200	Hispanic	% Since 2000	White	% Since 2000
Rhode Island	6,058 (.6%)	+ .1%	31,011 (3%)	+ .7%	60,189 (5.7%)	+ .6%	130,655 (12.4%)	+ 3.7%	856,869 (81.4%)	- 3.6%
Providence	2,412 (1.4%)	+ .3%	11,602 (6.5%)	+ .3%	28,557 (16%)	+ 1.5%	67,835 (38.1%)	+ 8.1%	88,623 (49.8%)	- 4.7%

Citations

"Rhode Island Community Profiles." Rhode Island Community Profiles. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.
<http://profiles.provplan.org/profiles/state/rhode-island/overview/>